• ISBN13: 9789389136197
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook
• Publication Date: April 16, 2019
• Pages: 216
• Original Price: INR 350.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams

These 12 stories, originally written and published in Malayalam over a period of almost two decades, represent different phases in e. Santhosh Kumar’s writing career spanning a quarter of a century. Hence the themes are different, though there are undercurrents that connect them like a blood stream. As the author says, ‘working on a story is like working on a life, a set of characters around the geography where they live … while writing stories at least, writers do play God, in their little way.’ a Fistful of mustard seeds explores moral dilemmas, personal traumas and delves into the dark recesses of the soul. These insightful and deeply moving stories illuminate the elevations and abysses of the human condition. Sensitive, thought-provoking and perceptive, each story is a vignette into a different realm of emotional experience.

E. Santhosh Kumar has published more than 15 books in Malayalam, including novels, short story collections, children’s literature and a translation. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Academy award for the best short story collection (2006) and for the best novel (2012). Island of Lost Shadows, the English translation of the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award-winning novel Andhakaranazhi (translated by P.N. Venugopal) published by Niyogi Books in 2015, was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award (2016). Two of his stories have been made into Malayalam films. His stories have been translated into English, Tamil, Hindi and German. He works with National Insurance Company, presently at Kolkata. TRANSLATOR P.N. Venugopal, a freelance journalist translates fiction and biographies from Malayalam to English and English to Malayalam. His translation of the award-winning Malayalam novel Andhakaranazhi as Island of Lost Shadows was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award (2016).